Monday
Mum bought Rita a mobile
phone today!
I found it unbelievably unfair. She just handed it over to her and said
“here you go darling”. She didn’t even glance in my direction-as usual. I’m
fourteen for goodness sake; she’s only twelve- not even a teenager yet! Rita is
really pretty with long wavy dark hair and huge chocolate colour eyes that
gleam wickedly! I’m total opposite-wild amber hair that won’t tame (even when I
brush it till my hand practically drops off).
I also have tiny eyes-grey and dull and I constantly look as if I’ve
eaten one packet of crisps too many. Lucky me.
I’m shy. Rita is confident.
I am awful at Maths and Science and have hardly any common sense while
Rita has a head full of brains and a tank full of sense.
It’s like beauty and the beast.
Guess who is the flipping beast? Me.
My Dad didn’t like Rita much (by now you have probably guessed who Rita
is-yep, she’s my sister). Dad called me his Claire-bear and always made a fuss
of me instead of Rita, then after him and Mum got divorced, Mum decided Rita
was going to be her favourite!
Sadly Paul likes Rita.
Paul is Mums boyfriend. He is the boyfriend FROM HELL!
Ugly, stupid, annoying and generally idiotic…
He’s more irritating than Rita, which is major!
Mum met him at a book club, you may think ‘ a book club, that’s
harmless’ but think again- he was reviewing ‘ Cinderella’ while Mum was
reviewing ‘ Post Mortem’ by Patricia Cornwell- see what I mean.
Paul is an absolute airhead. I bet his brain fell out one day and he
didn’t even realise.
Back to me…my full name is Claire Rita India Sarah Pitman (my initials
spell C.R.I.S.P- Mum didn’t think twice about my name).
Anyway, my best friend is Corrine Moorcroft, known as Corry to me. Corry
has a big family, her Mum is old and fat and cuddly, and her Dad is sixty or
something ridiculous. She has three sisters and two brothers.
Corry and I both really want a boyfriend, I know I wouldn’t stand a
chance but Corry could get one. She’s quite pretty with blonde hair and blue
eyes.
Corry and I have been best friends for ages; our Mums were good mates
for a while.
Tuesday
Woke up very early (for a change). Rita was singing to herself in the
shower, I was nearly wetting myself with laughter. My favourite book has gone
missing, Rita must have taken it!
I left for school very early, but Rita kept hissing rude remarks at me
so I ended up having a cat-fight with her before school. Corry and I have
spotted a good looking boy working in Co-Op; we are keeping our eyes pealed.
Wednesday
Corry was smiling like a Cheshire cat when I got to school. “Hey Corry,
what’s up”? I asked, dead casual (but I was dying to know what had happened).
Corry replied “Oh, that boy we’ve been keeping our eyes out for has asked me on
a date”. I was speechless. Happy for Corry, sad for me! I am DEFINITLEY going
to get myself a boyfriend immediately! Julie Dandkett has invited Corry and me
to her party so we are going to find some clothes this Saturday!
Thursday
School was utterly boring today. Corry and I had to listen to Mr Fetch
droning on about ‘respect’ for an hour and a half. Mr Fetch is our tutor; he is
ultra boring, ultra old and ultra grey. I can’t wait till Saturday! Julie says
the party is eight till half ten. Two and a half hours to party!!!
Friday
Corry is really nervous about what to wear. I told her to keep calm;
we’d sort it out tomorrow. We decided to do a car wash after school to raise
some money for charity (yeah right, we’ll end up buying make-up with it). I’m
quite rich (if you count my money in the bank) where as Corry doesn’t get much
pocket money as she has SO MANY siblings!
The car wash was a total waste of time; we only got twenty pence per
car!
The old hags down my street are VERY tight with their cash!
Saturday
Walked over to Corry’s at half ten. Corry was in her room shoving stuff
into a bag. We went to Millisons (this cheap clothes shop). We tried on half
the shop, but all the clothes were too old fashioned (no wonder they are
cheap). In the end we went to Primark. Corry found a top she liked. I came
across a blue dress which was really floaty and silky. We found matching shoes
and bought some lip gloss and eye shadow. I still had masses of money left so I
treated myself (and Corry) to a strawberry smoothie. Corry met the boy (who is
now her boyfriend, he’s called Adam Westwood) he looks like a smaller version
of Leonardo Di Caprio!
Have just arrived at the party, its great! Julie Dandkett is wearing a
custard yellow dress (awful!!!).
I must admit Corry and I look great, I’m wearing the blue dress and
Corry’s wearing some jeans and a low cut top. I straightened my hair and Corry
curled hers. Corry danced with Adam for a bit, while I hunted for someone to
dance with (no luck). I’ll just have to keep my fingers crossed and go out
more. Corry’s having a party next week (so I can keep looking)!
